The Masonic theme of personal responsibility, an iron creed which ignores circumstantial considerations (wealth and poverty, education or ignorance, illness or health) in its judgement of existential morality and the rightness of one’s actions, rang out in every word of the prepared and rehearsed speakers. The tour group was dazzled, and bathed in the peacock illumination of a gilded set piece.
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aklipinski 43 months ago | reply
This is a SUPER shot! I visited this place on an OHNY weekend several years ago, and found the whole place awe-inspiring and weird at the same time. I was disappointed that we never got to learn any secret handshakes, though ...
Mitch Waxman 43 months ago | reply
Thanks, it was a real pleasure being let loose (sort of) in there.